Coal scuttle



July 1 1024. 1,500,040

` J. J. BIMLER COAL SCUTTLE Filed Dec.k 16 1922 Patented July l, 1924.

STTES PATENT OFFICE,"

JOSEPH il'. BIMLER, OF MICHIGAN, NORTH DAKOTA.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J.. BIMLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Michigan, in the county of Nelson and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Goal Scuttles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in coal scuttles, and an important object of the invention is to provide a scuttle which is capable of use in handling both hard and soft coal.

As is well known to those familiar with the art, a scuttle for use in handling hard coal where the lumps are comparativelyY small must be provided with a hood, as otherwise in pouring the coal from the scut tle there is a tendency of the entire surface of the coal to shift resulting in overrunning of the coal from the sides of the spout or wall and a consequent spilling of the same.

With soft coal, however, it is necessary that the scuttle be free from such a hood for the reason that soft coal often contains large lumps which would not pass through the restricted aperturev formed by the hood and which must be broken up before they can be used in the scuttle, requiring con` siderable labor and to a certain extent lessening the value of the coal, particularly in use in a grate or the like, due to the fact that these large lumps burn very freely and more slowly than the finely broken or dust coal. It is accordingly an object of this invention to provide a ,scuttle having a hood which is pivoted and which may accordingly be moved into or out of operative position, thus permitting the use of the scuttle for either type of coal.

A further disadvantage of the scuttle' as ordinarily constructed is that in tiltingthe same to discharge the contents thereof, the shifting of the coal within the scuttle causes a change of the center of gravity within the K' bucket and the comparatively long handle Vordinarily applied to these scuttles permits the scuttle to rotate or shift to such a pointJ 'that it becomes overbalanced, resulting in adeposit upon the lire greater than desired and possibly in theloss of the entire contents of the scuttle.

An important object of this invention is Ato further provide means for controlling the motion of the scuttle during the tilting i' i conn scUTTLE.

Application led December 16, 1922. Serial No. 607,348.

operation which is independent of such handle and which is more rigidly connected with the body of the scuttle and therhandle so that the loss of control for the reasons above set forth is prevented.

These and other objects I attain by the Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the scuttle body, 11 the spout portion thereof and 12 the bail, which bail is pivotally connected with the body portion at a point approximating the center of gravity of the scuttle when lled with coal. In accordance with my invention, I provide an arched hood member 13 shaped to fit the spout 11 ofthe scuttle in the upper end thereof. This hood is formed of a piece of sheet metal curved and having at its rear lower edges pivotal engagement, as at 111, with the scuttle adjacent the pivot point of the bail 12 thereof. This rear edge may, if desired, be reinforced byv a steel wire 15 which is secured to the rear edge of thefsheet from which the hood is formed by rolling the same thereon, as indicated at 16. The ends of this wire will project beyond the sides of the sheet and will have eyes 17 formed therein for the reception of the pivots upon which the hood is to be mounted.

The forward edge of the hood is notched, as indicated at 18, and the metal at the edges of this notch has attached thereto by rolling, a resilient steel wire 19 which is hooked at both ends to thereby provide oppositely extending portions 20.' The notch 18 faces the front or outlet wall 21 of the spout 11, and the side walls of the spout at their upper ends and adjacent such outlet wall 21, have each formed therein an opening 22. The spout in its construction is so formed that the forward @11d thereof, as maintained in position by the included wire 19, is of greater width than the internal width of the spout so that it is necessary to compress the forward ends of the spout to permit engage-v ment of the oppositely extending hoolred ends 20 in these openings. For this purpose, the spout is provided adjacent the edges ofthese openings at the forward portions of the hood with indentures 23 in which the lingers may be engaged to perform such compressing operation` It will be seen that when the spout is swung about vits pivot while compressed that the hood may be entered within the spout 11 and that upon release of the same the hooked ends Q0 will engage in the openings 22 firmly holding the hood. in the closed or normal position.V i/Vh'en it is desired to release the same` thismay be done by engaging the spout and compressing the same.

The hood 13 is provided*centrally7 thereof adjacent its rear edgewith an upstanding handle 2e. By engaging this handle with the hood closed, a solid engagement of each `hand with the scuttle can be assured so that there will he no accidental discharge of the contents thereof, it being understood that the scuttle will be provided upon the body with the usual hand hold 25 arranged at the rear end thereof. dien the scuttle hood 13 is released at its forward end to permit the pouring of large lumps from the 'scuttle, the hood 13 with its handle 211 becomes a comparatively short bail for supporting the scuttle during the pouring oper`4 ation and accordingly7 the likelihood rof ac-r cidental discharge of an excessive amount of the contents is prevented.

From the foregoing it is believed to be obvious that a scuttle provided with ahood such as described is possessed of many advantages notpossessed by the ordinary type ofseuttle and may be used with either type of fuelas desired. It will, furthermore, be obvious that the construction thereof as hereinbefore 'set forth is capable of some change andmodilication without materially departing from the spirit ofmy invention and I accordingly do not limitl myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter j claimed.

n cent the pivot of the bail and'having a re-A I claim f 1. lncombination with a scuttle having a pouring spout and the usual pivoted bail. a hood therefor pivoted to the scuttle adjasiliently expanded forward end of greater width than the vpouring mouth of the scuttle,

" openings lformed in the side walls of the pouring mouth adjacent the forward ends i th'ere'ofi and catches rigidly secured to the 'sidesl of the forward end of the hood and adapted for engagement in said openings.

2. In combination with a scut'tle having l'a pouring 'spout and the usual pivoted bail,

a hood therefor pivoted to the s'cuttle adj acent the pivot of the bail and having a resiliently expanded forward end of greater width than the pouringmouth of the scuttle, openings formed in the side walls of the pouring mouth adjacent the forward ends thereof, and catches rigidly secured to the sides of the forward end of the hood and adapted for engagement in said openings. said hood being provided centrally thereof adjacent its rear edge with a handle. g

3. In combination with a scuttle embodying a pouring spout and the usual pivoted bail. an arched hood conforming substantially toy the shaping of the spout at its upper end and pivoted at its rear end to the scuttle adjacent the pivots of said bail, openings formed in the side walls of the pouring spout of the scuttle adjacent the front wall thereof, said hood including at the forward edge thereof a resilient expanding medium normally expanding the sarne to a width greater than the width of the pouring spout4 at its forward end, and catches carried by said hood at its forward end and adapted for engagement in the openings of the side walls of the spout.

t. In combination with a scuttle embodying a pouring spout and the usual pivoted bail, an arched hood conforming subst-antially to the shaping of the spout at its upper end and pivoted at its rear end to the scuttle adjacent the pivots ofsaid bail, openings formed in the side walls of the pouring spout of the scuttle adjacent the front Wall thereof, said hood including at the forward edge thereof a resilient expanding medium normally expanding the same to a width greater Vthan theswidth of the pouring 4spoutr at its `forward lend, and catches carried by said hood at lits forward end and adapted for engagement in the openings of the side Walls of the spout, said hood being provided at its forward end at opposite sides thereof with indentures forming hand holds for engage ment in compressing said hood against the action of said holding member. 5. In combination with a scuttleernbodying a pouring spout and the usual 4pivoted bail, an arched hood conforming substantially to thev shaping of the spout at its upper end and pivoted yat its rear end'to the scuttle adjacentl the pivots of saidlbail, openings formed in the side walls 'of the pouring vspout ofthe scuttle adjacent the front wall thereof, ysaid hood4 includingat the forward edge thereof a. resilient ex* panding medium normally expanding the same to a width greater than the width of the pouring spout at its 'forward Yend', catches carried by said hoed at its forward end and adapted for engagement in the openings of the sidewalls of thespout, said hood being provided at its fl'ir'ward end at opposite sides thereof with indentures forming hand holds for engagement in oompressing said hood against the action of said holding member, and a hand hold can ried by said hood centrally thereof and adjacent its rear edge.

6. In combination with a scuttle embodying the usual pouring spout and bail, a hood therefor comprising a sheet of metal curved to form an arch and having substantially the same shape when viewed in plan as the upper end of the spout of the scuttle, said sheet of metal having rolled in the front and rear edges thereof wires having their ends projecting beyond the edges of the sheet, the wire at the rear edge of the sheet having the projecting ends thereof formed with eyes for the reception of pivots extending through the walls of the scuttle, the side walls of the pouring spout being provided adjacent the upper forward edges thereof with openings, the Wire in the forward edge of said sheet being provided with hooked ends adapted for engagement in said openings.

7. In combination with scuttle embodying the usual pouring spout and bail, a hood therefor comprising a sheet of metal curved to form an arch and having substantially the same shape when viewed in pla-n as the upper end of the spout. of the scuttle, said sheet of metal having rolled in the front and rear edges thereof wires having their ends projecting beyond the edges of the sheet, the wire at the rear edge of the sheet having the projecting ends thereof formed with eyes for the reception of pivots extending through the walls of the scuttle, the side walls of the pouring spout being provided adjacent the upper forward edges thereof with openings, the wire in the for- Ward edge of said sheet being provided with hooked ends adapted for engagement in said openings, the last named wire being resilient and normally expanding the forward end of the hood to a width greater than the width of the forward end of the spout.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOSEPH J. BIMLER. 

